March - April 2004 - Vol 8 No 2
Complete issue - 5.1Mb PDF document
Cover story
Four fatal factors - A preliminary analysis of 10 years of ATSB accident data shows that just a few factors are to blame for most general aviation deaths.
What went wrong?
Fire down below - Few emergencies are as frightening as an in-flight fire.
Midnight confession - A trainee pilot nearly brings the roof down.
Crisis on the Kokoda Trail - Bungle in the jungle.
Flying Ops
The bane of Bankstown - Runway incursions are a worry at all airports, but Bankstown gets more than its share. Jeff Hatcher explains why and gives hints on how to avoid collisions.
Operating in the new airspace - A clarification of how to fly in VFR Class E and G airspace in the new National Airspace System.
Cabin Crew
Dizzying heights - Cabin crew who do not follow procedures during a decompression emergency risk becoming a liability, Merran Williams reports.
Airworthiness
Crack attack - It’s two years since Ansett Australia’s last flight. Mark Wolff and Martin Aubury report on the lessons learnt from the airline’s collapse.
On schedule - Owners of piston engine aircraft are directed under the civil aviation regulation CAR 41 to maintain their aircraft to an elected maintenance schedule. Les Lyons outlines the options.
Also:
Cutting edge
Backyard blitz - With more and more Australians building their own aircraft, hopes are high there will be some inventors among them, writes Cheryl Jones.
Safety Rules
On the beat - CASA general aviation inspectors are using new surveillance tools in a bid to bring safety checks into line with a new systems approach to managing risk, writes Mark Wolff.
News - New rule changes in brief.
- Winds of change: New rules allow balloonists to conduct minor balloon maintenance
- Asbestos bans
- Enforcement effect
- Drug tests review
ATSB supplement
Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- Near crash from icing prompts call for better stall warning
- Aviation Self Reporting Scheme
- Safety briefs
Regulars
Letters - Flak and
flattery.
News - Developments in aviation safety.
Short Final - Uni courses stall: Two more bachelor of aviation courses are on the way out as universities make financial cutbacks. The move brings to four the number of degree courses axed in the past year. Helen Waddington reports.
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